Heather Macdonald was almost as happy as if she had found a kimberlite pipe. A kimberlite pipe is a rare geological formation that slowly churns diamonds up to the Earth’s surface. Macdonald, ...

Wildfires in Colorado, sand bars in California and ore deposits in Wyoming. Laboratory analysis, field work and computer models. Those are just a few of the research opportunities that await you when ...

Helen Wickens, 28, is a production geologist at Shell, based in Aberdeen. She talked to us about her study of geology, enthusiasm for volcanoes and thoughts on this week’s Big Bang science fair. I did ...

Our students become accomplished critical thinkers who understand and appreciate the Earth, its resources, structure, processes and history, and they go on to apply that knowledge to careers as ...

Within only a few moments, a catastrophic avalanche, volcano, earthquake or tsunami could kill every living creature nearby. It would be impossible to predict these natural disasters and mitigate ...

Geology is the science that deals with the study of the Earth. Geology is sister subject of Geography dealing with rocks, minerals, fossils, study of coal, oil, gas, petroleum, surface and subsurface ...